The following article was reprinted with permission from the Jewish
Tribune.

TORONTO – The David Horowitz Freedom Center will run an educational
ad in Pennsylvania newspapers following a local judge’s refusal to
prosecute a Muslim man who allegedly assaulted someone for insulting
Islam.

According to news reports, Ernest Perce V was dressed as “Zombie
Mohammed” in a Halloween parade in Pennsylvania last October when he
was allegedly attacked by Talaag Elbayomy.

Perce posted on the Internet a video of the alleged attack and an
audio recording purported to be of the resulting court case. In the
audio recording, after testimony is heard, Judge Mark Martin gives
Perce a four-minute lecture about Islam, in which he states, “It’s
unfortunate that some people use the First Amendment to deliberately
provoke others…. I think our forefathers intended that we use the
First Amendment so we can speak what’s on our mind, not to piss off
other people, other cultures, which is what you did.”

The judge concedes that Perce has the right to offend Muslims but,
nevertheless, “you are way outside your First Amendment rights.”

He then dismisses the charge of harassment against the alleged
assailant.

The judge has set “a horrible precedent,” according to David
Horowitz, president of the Freedom Center. Martin’s finding
has “opened the door for Muslims to legally attack Americans who they
feel offend them on religious grounds.” In effect, the judge’s
statements make American constitutional rights subservient to Sharia
(Islamic) law, which forbids blasphemy against Islam or its prophet,
Horowitz said.

Sharia law should not be legalized in the West because “it’s
misogynistic, it’s totalitarian, it controls every aspect of your
life, it’s religious law and it forbids blasphemy. Blasphemy laws
would be the end of free speech.”

The newspaper ad, which will run in Pennsylvania, is part of the
Freedom Center’s ongoing educational campaign, which includes
information about the dangers of Sharia, Horowitz said.

“This is an educational and political mission…. The main battle is
for people’s minds.”

The campaign aims to combat what he called “a movement to subvert
American institutions and to suppress any criticism of the subversion
of those institutions.”